Registrar: Kathleen Matthews
Participants: 30
Weather: Sunny, 25 degrees, winds 12 mph, “feels like 17”
Bird Species: 37
An ominously cold forecast meant that only 30 of our 58 registrants participated in this walk, but those intrepid birders were rewarded with sunshine, camaraderie, and some lovely, early-spring migrants. Dividing into three groups, we fanned out into Strawberry Fields, then moved to Hernshead, Oak Bridge, and into the Ramble. While in Strawberry Fields, most groups enjoyed the magic of two American Woodcocks in flight. A smaller number of birders, who persevered in the cold beyond the two-hour mark, enjoyed a beautiful Ring-necked Duck along with lingering winter waterfowl at the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir before calling it quits.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Mourning Dove
American Coot
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Black Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
European Starling
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
